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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Schools and COVID-19, Health Care Resources, Leaving Afghanistan: RAND Weekly Recap
Nov 20, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on allocating scarce but lifesaving resources during a pandemic, insights from America’s educators, the lopsided telework revolution, and more.
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School Finance
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Community College Enrollment Is Way Down. That Could Be Bad for Economic Recovery
Jenna W. Kramer @j_w_kramer, Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson, Shanthi Nataraj @ShanthiNataraj
Nov 17, 2020
The RAND Blog
Enrollment at America's community colleges is down by nearly 10 percent compared with before the pandemic, leaving community colleges in a perilous financial position. Without intervention, these institutions may not weather the storm.
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Mental Health Treatment
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College Students Need Mental Health Support
Lisa Sontag-Padilla
Oct 12, 2020
The RAND Blog
Rising mental health problems in the United States have long made health advocates and providers worried about the need for additional support for struggling college students. The pandemic has only exacerbated this concern.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Online Shopping, Living in a Riskier World, Stress in Communities: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 10, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on Americans' online shopping habits during the pandemic, living in a riskier world, how stress builds in communities, and more.
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Postsecondary Education
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College in America Could Be Changed Forever
Charles A. Goldman, Rita T. Karam
Jul 7, 2020
CNN
COVID-19 is threatening to upend the models that both public and private higher education depend on in the United States. As universities consider whether to postpone in-person classes until next year, many parents and students may be questioning the value of a traditional higher education.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Air Travel Data to Predict COVID Risk, Heatwave Planning, Caregiver Time Off: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 12, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on using air travel data to predict COVID risk, planning for a heat wave during the pandemic, why caregivers need time off, and more.
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Disadvantaged Students
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Emergency COVID-19 Aid Helps College Students with Food and Housing: Four Ways Colleges Can Maintain That Support
Lindsay Daugherty, Drew M. Anderson @DrewMAnderson
May 26, 2020
The RAND Blog
COVID-19 has expanded the pool of cash-strapped college students, but many were already struggling before the pandemic. The crisis could draw attention to food and housing insecurity among college students, and give college leaders a chance to consider how to address these needs more systematically over the long term.
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College-Bound Students
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Is It Time to Rethink the Separation Between the High School and Postsecondary Systems?
Julie Edmunds, Fatih Unlu @fatih_unlu_R, Elizabeth J. Glennie, Brian Phillips, Nina Arshavsky
Apr 16, 2020
Brookings Institution's Brown Center Chalkboard
We do not yet know how long or deep this economic downturn will be, or how the pandemic will affect the way we work and learn. But just as the post-coronavirus workplace is surely being re-envisioned, this crisis should motivate us to reconsider the structure of our educational system. Early college is a model that can help inform these discussions.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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COVID-19 and the Economy, America's Blood Supply, 10 Years of the ACA: RAND Weekly Recap
Mar 27, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on COVID-19 and the economy, strengthening the U.S. blood supply, 10 years of the Affordable Care Act, and more.
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Students
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Navigating College and Career Readiness in a Time of Uncertainty
Melanie A. Zaber, Laura S. Hamilton
Mar 26, 2020
The RAND Blog
How we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic today will likely have longer-term effects. This means that we need to think about people who are actively preparing for that future: high school students looking to enter college and careers.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Experts Discuss COVID-19: RAND Weekly Recap
Mar 20, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on COVID-19, how the United States is responding to the coronavirus outbreak, the spread of misinformation during this time, and more.
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Postsecondary Education
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Coronavirus Forces Colleges Online. Will Learning Ever Be the Same?
Charles A. Goldman, Rita T. Karam
Mar 16, 2020
Fox News Channel
Colleges and universities have turned to online courses to help slow the spread of COVID-19. But distance learning may also hold promise as a long-term strategy to help make higher education more accessible and affordable.
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Opioids
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Synthetic Opioids, Mass Shootings, Prison Education: RAND Weekly Recap
Aug 30, 2019
This weekly recap looks at fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, how to address mass shootings, higher education in prison, and more.
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United States
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RAND's Summer Reading List for Congress
Aug 5, 2019
For busy staff, August's respite from back-to-back meetings, hearing preparation, and late votes is hard-earned. The summer recess also provides an opportunity to get ahead of issues that will resurface in the fall. To that end, we have compiled recent RAND research on topics likely to top the congressional agenda come September.
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Workforce Development
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How Work-Based Learning Can Bring Employers and Students Together
Monica Mean, Gabriella C. Gonzalez
Jul 24, 2019
The RAND Blog
Work-based learning experiences help college grads better prepare for work. WBL programs often serve as a workforce pipeline for companies. WBL is also successful at the K–12 level and at
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Prisoner Reentry
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North Carolina Program Helps Former Prisoners Make It on the Outside
Lois M. Davis @LoisMDavis, Michelle C. Tolbert
Jul 11, 2019
The News & Observer
To avoid the all-too-common fate of ending up back in prison, incarcerated adults need skills and credentials they typically don't have. Helping them overcome the challenges of reentry is a net gain for them and for the communities to which they return.
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Europeans already spend a lot on defense, but that spending is undercut by the redundancies and inefficiencies associated with so many countries building separate forces to serve separate political ends and nurture separate defense industries. The best remedy for that could be collectivization, or at the very least significantly greater coordination.

Michael Shurkin

Senior Political Scientist

Source: RealClearWorld

Insulated from the partisan passions that sunder our politics and our society, a January 6 Commission created by Congress or the Biden administration could analyze whether this was an isolated uprising or the harbinger of more to come. It could make recommendations to prevent such attacks in the future in Washington or at statehouses throughout the country.

Brian Michael Jenkins

Senior Adviser to the RAND President

Source: Los Angeles Times

What Role Will Telehealth Play After COVID-19?

Rethinking the U.S. Approach to the World

Keeping COVID-19 Vaccines Moving, the Capitol Attack, Media Literacy: RAND Weekly Recap

Welcoming a Stronger European Defense

Overcoming Hurdles to Herd Immunity

The Policy Currents Podcast

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Helping Coastal Communities Plan for Climate Change

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Lightening Body Armor

Postsecondary Education

Schools and COVID-19, Health Care Resources, Leaving Afghanistan: RAND Weekly Recap

Community College Enrollment Is Way Down. That Could Be Bad for Economic Recovery

College Students Need Mental Health Support

Online Shopping, Living in a Riskier World, Stress in Communities: RAND Weekly Recap

College in America Could Be Changed Forever

Air Travel Data to Predict COVID Risk, Heatwave Planning, Caregiver Time Off: RAND Weekly Recap

Emergency COVID-19 Aid Helps College Students with Food and Housing: Four Ways Colleges Can Maintain That Support

Is It Time to Rethink the Separation Between the High School and Postsecondary Systems?

COVID-19 and the Economy, America's Blood Supply, 10 Years of the ACA: RAND Weekly Recap

Navigating College and Career Readiness in a Time of Uncertainty

Experts Discuss COVID-19: RAND Weekly Recap

Coronavirus Forces Colleges Online. Will Learning Ever Be the Same?

Synthetic Opioids, Mass Shootings, Prison Education: RAND Weekly Recap

RAND's Summer Reading List for Congress

How Work-Based Learning Can Bring Employers and Students Together

North Carolina Program Helps Former Prisoners Make It on the Outside

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